Frederic Jesup Stimson

Frederic Jesup Stimson
Frederic Jesup Stimson (1855–1943) was an American lawyer, diplomat, and writer known for his legal scholarship and fiction. He wrote several influential legal texts, including "American Statute Law" and "Labor in Its Relations to Law." Stimson also authored historical novels, such as "King Noanett," which delved into early American history. In addition to his writing career, he served as U.S. Ambassador to Argentina from 1915 to 1921.

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PART ONE: DISCOVERY. It consisted of a few hundred new American eagles and a few times as many Spanish doubloons; for pirates like good broad pieces, fit to skim flat-spun across the waves, or play pitch-and-toss with for men's lives or women's loves; they give five-dollar pieces or thin British guineas to the boy who brings them drink, and silver to their bootblacks, priests, or beggars. It... more...

I THE ENGLISH IDEA OF LAW My object in the lectures upon which this work is based was to give some notion of the problems of the time (in this country, of course, particularly) which are confronting legislators primarily, political parties in the second place, but finally all good citizens. The treatment was as untechnical as possible. The lectures themselves were for men who meant to go into business,... more...